My crazy attempts to jot down my thoughts about anything that strikes me as particularly interesting.

July 31, 2017

J. K. Rowling on Writing

Credit: Debra Hurford Brown

Happy 52nd Birthday J. K. Rowling! (31st July 1965)

“Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works. I like a mystery, as you may have noticed.”

— J. K. Rowling, British writer who is known for her Harry Potter series books.

“Write what you know: your own interests, feelings, beliefs, friends, family and even pets will be your raw materials when you start writing. Develop a fondness for solitude if you can, because writing is one of the loneliest professions in the world!”